Submitted by: Cathy Millburn

 

 

CHESTER PARKER SPRINGFIELD

 

 

 

Chester Parker Springield, b October 23, 1897 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas, d November 18, 1975 at Lott, Falls County, Texas and buried there in Clover Hill Cemetery ‑ was a son of Fletcher Langston Springfield ‑ native of Robertson County, Texas, and his wife, Mary Alice (McDonald) Springfield, a native of Meridian, Mississippi.

After 1910, Chester moved with his parents to Falls County, where he grew up, working on the farm. On October 30, 1920 in Rosebud, Texas, Chester was married to Louella (called "Elli") Mosley, b May 6, 1901 in Falls County, d November 19, 1975 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott ‑a daughter of Robert Lang Mosley, b August 30, 1849, d June 27, 1920 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery at Lott, and his wife, Mary Frances (Bouchillon) Mosley, b April 14, 1864, d January 16, 1927 and buried by her husband in Clover Hill Cemetery.

Chester was a Gulf Oil distributor for many years. He and Elli had four children ‑all graduates of Lott High School:

Eugene Fletcher Springfield, b January 10, 1923, d February 9, 1959 in Lott and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery. "Gene" was in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, was a Tech Sergeant, 2543 Base, serving in Europe where he was a prisoner of war for one year. He was awarded the Air Medal with OLC, ETO Ribbon, with one Battle Star. He married Billie Ruth Hailey, b January 27, 1923 in Lott, Falls County, Texas, d October 2, 1981 and buried by her husband in Clover Hill Cemetery ‑ a daughter of Judge Rolla Will Hailey, b June 12, 1902, d April 4, 1979 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, and his wife, Bobbie (Ruble) Hailey, who resides in 1986 in Lott, Texas. Gene had a Gulf Service Station, and also operated the Gulf Agency in Lott. They had three children: Eugene Fletcher Springfield, Jr. who married Mrs. Roselle (Roppolo) Green ‑ daughter of Nick and Frances (Palasotta) Roppolo; Chester Rolla Springfield, b December 15, 1946 who married Shirley Frances Wallace; and Martha Ann Springfield, b February 11, 1953 married Randall Owen Curtis and resides in Harker Heights, Texas.

Doris Springfield, born in Lott, Texas ‑ married Bonner Peevey of Lott ‑ a son of Nathan Bonner Peevey, b June 4, 1891, d July 25, 1961 and buried in Lott in Clover Hill Cemetery, who served as a Corporal, 6th Regiment of the U.S. Marine Corps, AEF, in World War I, and his wife, Berta (Farmer) Peevey, b 1895, d 1967 and buried by her husband.

Mary Frances Springfield, born in Lott, Texas married Lester Ondal Hay, Jr., of Marlin, Texas.

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.  "Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 425 column 2 and page 426 column 1.  
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